William Faulkner

A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One would be forgiven for believing that misfortune will come to an end and fade away, but that's the time it becomes our misfortune.

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Periandro

Avoid sadness, above all other things; be your joy not the fruit of favourable circumstances, but simply the fruit of being.

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Edward Dahlberg

When one realises that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels

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Douglas Jerrold

Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they will go half way to meet it

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Guillaume Apollinaire

It's better to be cheated on than be blind. At least you see who they are.

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André Gide

A great man has only one worry : becoming the most human possible, or to say it better, becoming ordinary.

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D. H. Lawrence

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.

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